Tag Archives: BrightKite

Thoughts on BrightKite and Limbo

Wow.  BrightKite and Limbo have joined forces.
I don’t know why, but hearing about mergers and acquisitions of my friends companies leaves me shocked for a bit.  As an avid user, I’m both happy and sad.  I don’t know why, perhaps it is the loss of innocents of what the company could be or fears of [...]

My SXSW Interactive, Film and Music Experience

Fantastic.
Oh, I should write more, shouldn’t I.
Well, this being my 500th post on this here blog, I think I will. I can’t believe I have written that much.
SXSW is a conference (or play?) in three acts: Interactive, Film and Music.
I didn’t have my lovely Canon 5d Mark ii because it had a software error, that [...]

TechStars Meetups

Interested in TechStars?
TechStars is a seed stage, mentorship driven funding accelerator.  It is my humble place of employment, and a company that is near and dear to my heart.  Every summer, we make ten investments in brilliant teams wanting to build their startup.    We have funded BrightKite, IntenseDebate (now part of Wordpress), SocialThing! (now [...]

BrightKite and FaceBook Connect

I was reading on Cnet how BrightKite was now syncing with Connect from Facebook.
I logged into my account, and under account settings, found the Connect options.  The process was amazingly simple.  Well done to the team.  You can read their blog post or watch the video of what the process was like below.

BrightKite Connect Video [...]

What Is So Bad About Local?

At PodCampAZ there were not a lot of statements I disagreed with.  One was that podcasting has a future (without iTunes actually creating a way for creators to sell their works, which was promised years ago).  The other one was Chris Pirillo, explaining how BrightKite scares him.  Telling people where you are is scary.  I [...]